Street Fighter heroine Chun Li, lightning kicked her way past Darkstalkers feline nun, Felicia, 1,351 to 282. Also making headway into the second round with victories were Tekken's Nina Williams, with 1,167 votes to Kasumi's (of Dead or Alive fame) 472. The only Virtua Fighter to advance was Pai Chan, who downed her Darkstalkers opponent B.B. Hood, 1,161 to 454.

Another close match was between the anti-hero protagonist from Darkstalker, Morrigan Aensland, against Dead or Alive shinobi Ayane. In the battle of unorthodox hair colours, the purple-haired Ayane downed the green-haired Morrigan, 816 to 800. Ayane was the only Dead or Alive character to make the second round, as her fellow ninja Ryu Hayabusa lost to MK's Scorpion, 1,251 to 395.

In the final two matches, Ivy Valentine of Soul Calibur whipped Virtua Fighter Sarah Bryant's butt, 1,067 to 555, while Shadooloo's M. Bison performed his psycho crusher on Heihachi Mishima to win 884 to 757.